Temper Quotes · Page 6

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Oh, I can be ferociously angry about things.

— Fearne Cotton

I've only lost my temper three times in my whole life.

— Peter Capaldi

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

— Bruce Lee

The wise man never loses his temper.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Let us do nothing through passion and ill temper.

— Abraham Lincoln

I've repeatedly tried to curb my temper.

— Nana Patekar

You've got a bit of a temper, don't you?

— Stephenie Meyer

Dangerous principles impose upon our understanding, emasculate our spirits, and spoil our temper.

— Jeremy Collier

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

— Solomon

My life is in the hands of any fool who makes me lose my temper.

— Joseph Hunter

Had I not went to jail I may not be alive. My temper was really awful.

— Da Brat

“He had a temper, not a good thing. Because I had one too.”

— Nicole Williams

I keep my emotions to myself. I have never lost my temper in public, I have never wept in public.

— J. Jayalalithaa

Oh! blest with temper, whose unclouded ray Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day.

— Alexander Pope

Yes, I have my outbursts but I'm not nasty. And I only lose my temper for the right reasons.

— Megan McKenna

When You Develop The Ability To Listen To Anything Without Losing Your Temper Or Self-Confidence, It Means That You Have Become Well-Mannered…

— Pacifiersucker

We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob them…

— Julia Moss Seton

A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the cards you were given that aren't so nice. Does it…

— Wes Craven

He was a gentle and sensitive soul, and therefore had a short temper, which is why he went straight after everything with…

— Bohumil Hrabal

One of the major things I really want to work on now is female rage because that's not dealt with at all…

— Nan Goldin

I don't have an explosive temper. People seem to think that - maybe somewhere lives the lion in my cage. But I'm…

— Juliette Lewis

You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect…

— Jasper Fforde

Well,” she said. “I’m frustrated.” “Don’t make me angry-kiss you.” “Give me the laundry.” “Tempers rising, faces flushed … This is how…

— Rainbow Rowell

White people get to do that all of the time. They get to engage in bad behavior, even felonious behavior, but they…

— Yance Ford

Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

When [men] see a pretty woman, and feel the delicious madness of love coming over them, they always stop to calculate her…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Let the awe [the teacher] has upon [children's] minds be so tempered with the constant marks of tenderness and good will, that…

— John Locke

I don’t think I pity her. She doesn’t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I…

— Henry James

When you want to direct someone toward the good, first put him at peace bodily and honor him with words of love.…

— Isaac of Nineveh

Art thou in misery, brother? Then I pray Be comforted. Thy grief shall pass away. Art thou elated? Ah, be not too…

— Paul Hamilton Hayne

I am not a perfect being. . . . I have more faults than I know what to do with. I have…

— Helen Keller

I have made a few mistakes with my temper, I know. But I have learned from that.

— Dele Alli

It's like all those quiet people, when they do lose their tempers they lose them with a vengeance.

— Agatha Christie

My mum calls my temper 'Devilman.' They say you calm down with age, but I don't know. It never goes away.

— Vinnie Jones

My mother is a strong person. She's funny but volatile, with a pretty bad temper.

— Grayson Perry

My temper is under control," he roared, and yep, that display surely convinced Ares.

— Larissa Ione

Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow; Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune.

— Horace

Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.

— Miguel de Cervantes

I'm a human. When I got hit in front of people of course I was angry so that's why my expression was…

— Seungri